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W. P. Snyder Jr. (towboat)
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W. P. Snyder Jr., also known as W. H. Clingerman, W. P. Snyder Jr. State Memorial, or J. L. Perry, is a historic towboat moored on the Muskingum River in Marietta, Ohio, at the Ohio River Museum. A National Historic Landmark, she is the only intact, steam-driven sternwheel towboat still on the nation's river system.
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Owner |
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Builder | Rees & Sons Company |
Launched | 1918 |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Length | 175 ft (53 m) (LOA) |
Beam |
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Depth | 5.2 ft (1.6 m) |
Installed power | 2 × Tandem compound steam engines 750 hp (560 kW) |
Propulsion | Sternwheel |
W. P. Snyder Jr. (steamboat) | |
Location | Muskingum River docked as part of the Ohio River Museum in Marietta, Ohio |
Coordinates | 39°25′13″N 81°27′48″W |
Built | 1918 |
Architect | Rees, James & Sons |
NRHP reference No. | 70000522 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 10 November 1970[1] |
Designated NHL | 29 June 1989[2] |
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